Man jailed for consensual relationship with a 14-year-old girl

A man who was 24 years old when he was having a consensual sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl has been jailed for eight months after serving 18 months in prison on remand.

The girl told gardaí, as she refused to give a victim impact statement, that the main effect on her was she could no longer see the man. Her family had asked for the charges to be withdrawn.